There are several ways that the truth of the words of God has been declared. The declaration of truth has been verbal, visible, written, and testified. Verbal declaration – someone heard the Lord speak. See Jn 1:18, 1 Jn 1:1-5, and 2 Pet 1:16-21. At Mt Sinai, the Jew’s heard...
Prov 8:35 shows you how, with God, to have favor by wisdom. “For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD”. On recent Wednesday nights, we have been studying how to have favor with God. We have seen from the scripture that loving favor is rather...
Ephesians 5:15-21 Introduction: Every step the believer takes in life should be intentional and with purpose. Because it is so easy to take a wrong step in life and spend a lot of wasted time tying to correct our walk, we should consider the steps that we take. This is...
We all have people with whom we want to speak about the Lord. And sometimes it can be very hard to know what to say, when to say it, and how to say it. I asked Pastor Hoots to pray for me about witnessing to my family. And he said...
In the Song of Solomon is recorded an ongoing conversation between Solomon and his wife. The book typifies the relationship between Jesus Christ and his bride, the church. Jesus Christ is the friend to whom the bride is referring in SoS 5:16 when she says, “This is my friend.” Jesus is: Beloved – in...
Youth, Aging and Death Youth, Ecc 12:1 Remembering your Creator in the days of your youth is essential. Yet, every attempt has been made in our society to talk youth out of believing that God is the creator. The condition of our society is evidence that youth do not retain...
Trouble: that which causes concern or distress. Introduction: The Bible has a lot to say regarding the troubles of life. Troubles come in all shapes and sizes, in all places, and to all people. The troubles of life are inevitable and often come when you’re not ready for them or...
How to Live (A Study in Ecclesiastes) Lesson #14: Cast Your Bread upon the Waters (Ecclesiastes 11:1-10) In this chapter we see a great lesson on giving. In this lesson we will use the term giving in a broad sense. It can refer to giving basically anything that you...
Miracles of Jesus Lesson #8 : Walking on the Water (Matthew 14:22-36 ; Mark 6:45-52) For this miracle we will use the account in Matthew as well as the one in Mark. There are some details from each of these passages that we will look need to see. In this...
Ephesians 5:8-14 Introduction: In this passage of scripture, we are told that we should walk as a child of light. At some point, we were all in darkness however, we are now in the light and should walk like it. Jesus has shown us light and made us light. ...
